<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[heat from impending searches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38669]]></link><description><![CDATA[heat from impending searches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man owns land, the land owns him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23978]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man owns land, the land owns him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure is not outside a man; it is within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure is not outside a man; it is within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you say it's okay to screen for gender, there's nothing that you can say that it's not okay to screen for whether it's eye color, hair color, trivial issues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents can't get home from work in time to watch their children play, and kids who'd like to play don't get a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the king found was that not all agencies were in line with his program, ... One arm was working ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40147]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the king found was that not all agencies were in line with his program, ... One arm was working against the other. People were confused. The king decided to bring in a team that was reformist and worked in tandem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49399]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34238]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm trying to sell every audience something; that something is me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hockey is our national theater, our water cooler talk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin -- their numbers are up, but it's still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically that (bass) number is way, way down. The same with threadfin -- their numbers are up, but it's still way, way down from historic levels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390]]></link><description><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63892]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Within yourself deliverance must be searched for, because each man makes his own prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am just elated that this part is over, and I feel the U.S. Supreme Court did justice in recognizing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am just elated that this part is over, and I feel the U.S. Supreme Court did justice in recognizing the feelings and the needs of people who have terminal illness, to be able to use that process in a compassionate and dignified manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12020]]></link><description><![CDATA[No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy would be far less torturous if we understood that love is a passion entirely unrelated to our merits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22053]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12538]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had to practically drag the kids out of there to let another group in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40747]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had to practically drag the kids out of there to let another group in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are indeed   Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age    Are petrified forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[is to build an Iraqi security capacity, all the way from the police level up to the national army level, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38367]]></link><description><![CDATA[is to build an Iraqi security capacity, all the way from the police level up to the national army level, that is militarily effective and loyal to the established civil government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is when you meet someone who tells you something new about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52212]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. [Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the facts. [Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum  Quaerere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54457]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat   Quam sub rege pio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot;  L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55785]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the half part of a blessed man, Left to be finished by such as she; And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fulness of perfection lies in him. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. •Marie Carmichael Stopes  Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just can't get there. Maybe they see something we don't see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31191]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just can't get there. Maybe they see something we don't see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9957]]></link><description><![CDATA[A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55913]]></link><description><![CDATA[I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1904]]></link><description><![CDATA[How a society channels male aggression is one of the greatest questions as to whether that society will survive. That's why I am not against violence in the media, I am against the glorification of immoral violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty for you, sixty for me And equal partners we will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of democracy, only the shoemaker can makethe shoe. Only the wearer cantell if it fits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of democracy, only the shoemaker can makethe shoe. Only the wearer cantell if it fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, isto argue disbelief in the dignity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21099]]></link><description><![CDATA[To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, isto argue disbelief in the dignity of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so rewarding when you hear the audience respond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so rewarding when you hear the audience respond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing on earth you cannot have - once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47776]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing on earth you cannot have - once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47776</guid></item></channel></rss>